Construction and facilities management organizations are realizing the need to integrate technology into their business model in a variety of ways.  For construction firms, the primary focus is job costing, purchasing of materials and tracking project progress.  In the facilities management area, clients are looking to track work orders and facility improvements, and to cost upgrades and replacement to capital equipments associated with each facility under management. 

Edgewater Technology has supported a number of clients in the construction and facilities management industries.  With strong expertise in technology, Edgewater has worked closely with representative industry organizations to provide innovative ways to leverage package and custom solutions to best meet industry challenges.  A sampling of the types of projects Edgewater has participated in includes:

• The implementation of solutions to present construction assembly costs over the Internet to aid in job costing for both construction and facilities management firms.  The solution supports regional pricing of assemblies and replaces the needs for searching large volumes of paper documents to get pricing information.
• The integration of computer-aided design (CAD) tools with costing data to enable a visual representation to support cost estimating for building construction.
• Development of a work order management system that allows for the tracking of facilities repairs and maintenance.  This solution enables the client to track the history of items such as heating and air conditioning units over time, including warranty periods.

A key element of each program is the presentation of construction and facilities data in a form that is useful to estimators and managers.  Actual costs can be tracked against estimates enabling refinement of models for future estimation.  By working closely with the construction and facilities management experts, Edgewater has developed unique industry knowledge that complements our technology expertise.